Personal Essay

My contraption hisses and bubbles. I feel like a mad scientist. The air is filled... (more)

My husband and I bought our first home in a small West Virginia town in... (more)

I noticed it when first learning farming 14 years ago, traveling around small diverse vegetable... (more)

In mid-March 2020, California became the first state to order its nearly 40 million residents... (more)

When I am talking to folks about wasps, I usually have to stop a couple... (more)

Earlier this year, I put a call out for help preparing my farm for spring.... (more)

We’re talking about the nuts again.  It seems to be a perpetual topic of conversation... (more)

In the middle of the unforgiving Canadian winter, there’s one thing that brings me spring-like... (more)

Just a few years ago, I barely recycled. Living in a Hobbit-sized apartment in Brooklyn,... (more)

It’s midnight in the lambing field. In the darkness, we only see shapes; we notice... (more)